The Pearl

reader depicts the novel into their own understanding. John Ernst Steinbeck, an American novelist, is the author of the novella, The Pearl, published in 1947. The three main characters in The Pearl are Kino, Juana, and their baby, Coyotito. The Pearl is the story of Kino, a young Native American man, who finds a magnificent pearl, is greedy when trying to sell the pearl for a high price. He is so obsessed with trying to

The relationship of Juana and Kino in “The Pearl”, by John Steinbeck, changes dramatically throughout the course of the novel. As the book begins you can fully understand the trust, love, and devotion felt between the couple. During the first part of the book u can truly understand the connection between Janna and Kino. On page 8 when coyotito gets stung by a scorpion both Kino and Janna rush to save coyotito which show their fight for their baby. “He threw it down and beat it into the earth floor

RSCC104 9/9/14 The Pearl The novel The Pearl by John Steinbeck is a parable in which the actual pearls purpose is to have each reader interpret it as they see fit. The meaning of the pearl is never unequivocally explained in the novel. The main characters in this novel are Kino, a father and husband, Juana who is Kino’s wife and Coyotito, their son. There are many moral lessons taught by this story, as I interpreted it. Throughout the novel from the start of finding the pearl and their house being

In The Pearl, the main symbol is the “Pearl of the World”, a large seemingly prefect pearl found by a pearl diving couple. When the pearl is first introduced into the plot, it represents hope, money, perfection, and a happy future. Kino and Juana plan to get their son education and have a proper marriage in the church of La Paz. To Kino, this pearl is his way of giving Coyotito opportunities that he himself never had, it symbolized Kino’s love for his first and only child. To Juana the pearl also represented

theme of The Pearl that is incorporated in this scene is: learn from greed. The scene shows learning from greed because throughout the book, many unfortunate events happen to to Kino and his family because of the pearl. Even though Juana had insisted on throwing the pearl away before it destroyed them, Kino continued to keep the pearl and it led to him murdering someone and the destruction of his house, even the murder of his son. The events happen one after another, but before the pearl everything

In the novel The Pearl written by John Steinbeck published in 1947 there is a family of rural under average mexicans. The father of the family Kino was a pearl diver and he finds “the great pearl of the world”. His wife Juana is a very wise female and, she tells him about the evils of the pearl and, their baby Coyotito who inevitably leads them to the pearl. Although the pearl was bringing them hope for their child's future it also brought conflict toward Kino and his family. Kino,Juana, and

The Pearl is a novella by the author, John Steinbeck. The genre of this book is fiction parable. The theme is that greed can lead to a dark ending. The major conflicts in this story are man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. society. The point of view is in third person. The exposition is Kino, Juana, and their son Coyotito lives peacefully with their family and neighbors until Coyotito is bitten by poisonous scorpion which all takes place at the Gulf. The rising action is when Kino finds the the

The Pear Book Report Alejandro Gonzalez 5th period “Letter to the Author” The Pearl, written by John Steinbeck, takes place in La Paz Mexico. The begins with a description of the family in the first few pages of the book. The family consists of, a couple, and one toddler. Juana, the wife of Kino, and mother of Coyotito. After the description of the family, the book continues with a scary problem. Coyotito is sleeping and as he is sleeping, Kino notices a scorpion crawl down the rope that is connected

The Pearl, by John Steinbeck, is a story of luck, greed, and jealousy. Unfortunately, all of these characteristics come with a price. The main characters of the story are Kino, Juana, and their baby son Coyotito. Kino and Juana lived ordinary, poor lives until one morning when everything changed. Kino and Juana both watched as a scorpion crawled on their son. They were unable to get the scorpion, and it bit Coyotito. Juana then quickly grabbed her baby and sucked the poison out of him. Kino and

In The Pearl by Steinbeck, “Kino was in mid-leap when the gun crashed and the barrel-flash made a picture on his eyes.” Kino value the pearl more than his wife and son. Humans were raised once you get what you want, you keep wanting more. In the TED talks Paul Pitt did a experiment about a monopoly game about one player has more money than the other and see how they treat each other by playing the game and it's exactly like what happen to Kino. Before he got the pearl he was very caring and helpful